DAR ES SALAAM, Sept. 1 -- THIS time countrywide, school are closed for short holidays. That blissful time when children are home, the house gets a little louder and somehow, they are relaxing from the routine classwork.

But let us get serious, parents and guardians. As the short school break rolls in, let us not forget who children are: kids.

Not business partners in the streets, not political analysts and definitely not domestic workers on an unpaid internship.

First off and we say this with love, your 12-year-old should not be helping you push a wheelbarrow through traffic shouting, “Buy one, get one free!” Sure, times are tough.

Everyone is hustling. But using your child as free labour in your hustle is not only un...